Key Summary
- All RPS members can share their views by completing an online form
- Establishing new regulations for the Royal College of Pharmacy will happen in two phases
- The regulations are a legal framework that details the rules, guidelines, and procedures for how the organisation should be run
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has published draft interim regulations, which will support its transition to the Royal College of Pharmacy, and is inviting feedback from members.
Establishing new regulations for the Royal College of Pharmacy will happen in two phases.
The first phase involves publishing draft interim regulations and holding a 60-day consultation period with members, from 20 October to 19 December.
These regulations are to enable elections to the new royal college structure in early 2026 and to facilitate the transfer of the Pharmaceutical Press into a subsidiary company, separate from the Royal College, which will have a charitable status.
This ‘gazetting’ process allows RPS members to review and comment on the draft interim regulations before the RPS Assembly considers them for final approval and enactment in early January 2026.
All RPS members can share their views by completing an online form.
The second phase is to replace these interim Regulations with new full Regulations that will govern the Royal College of Pharmacy once established.
These will also be gazetted to RPS members for 60 days in early 2026, with final enactment expected in April 2026, subject to final approvals from the Charity Commission and the Privy Council.
The regulations are a legal framework that details the rules, guidelines and procedures as to how the organisation should be run. They are closely aligned to, but separate from, its Royal Charter.
RPS president professor Claire Anderson exhorted the members to share their views.
"Their contributions will have a central role in the ongoing transition to a royal college and ensure that inaugural royal college elections can take place early next year,” she said.
RPS CEO Paul Bennett said, "This is an opportunity for members to comment on the draft interim transition Regulations, which is the first of two phases in its transition to becoming the Royal College of Pharmacy. There will be further opportunities early next year to participate in shaping the full new Regulations for the Royal College of Pharmacy."
All RPS members are invited to read the draft interim transition Regulations and submit their feedback via this form.
